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How do you reduce swelling after knee surgery when ice doesn't help?
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∙ 11y ago
Elevation about heart level, compression with a bandage wrap, massage the fluid effusion upwards to the quads.
If persist, get doc to aspirate or drain it out. The longer the swelling remains, the more the likelihood of scar tissue formation and delay of recovery
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